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Are New York Tribes Gaining Respect?

ICTMN Staff

2/24/12

On February 22, the New York Times published a story titled “In Tax Fight, Tribes Make, and Sell, Cigarettes,” on the front page. The story was the second major story by the esteemed publication on Native Americans in a month.

The story highlights the latest movement by the eight New York tribes to maintain their sovereign rights by making or moving towards manufacturing their own cigarettes as a way to bypass the $4.35-a-pack excise tax on name-brand cigarettes.